V/H/S (out now in limited release from Magnet) doesn’t end on its wraparound. Instead, after you’ve been shocked, and jolted your way through the found footage visions of a panel of established genre filmmakers, the new kids—Radio Silence—take it home. Rousing, energetic and a whole lot of fun, the viral video collective’s jump to the big screen is classic Anthology material. A house of horrors and the four gentleman who mistakenly enter it, “10/31/98” is sending viewers out buzzing.

Today we continue our interview with acclaimed Canadian director Ted Kotcheff (see part one here), whose once-feared-lost 1971 Australian film WAKE IN FRIGHT is being given an ambitious rerelease across the U.S., courtesy of Drafthouse Films.

In the trailer for new web series FANGORIA’S BLOOD & GUTS (Presented on the Nerdist YouTube channel), host Scott Ian sits across from effects artist and director Robert Hall of LAID TO REST infamy and declares, “CGI sucks. F—k CGI!” It’s a rallying cry that will no doubt endear Ian to BLOOD & GUTS’ target audience, meaning anyone interested in the enduringly fascinating discipline of special effects makeup—lovingly devised, sculpted and implemented by human hands to thrill and shock thirsty terror addicts worldwide.

This week, Tim Burton’s take on DARK SHADOWS hit DVD/Blu-ray in North America. Since the day of its theatrical release this past May, a sharply divided public has argued the film’s merits. Some felt that Burton offered the perfect balance between homage and spoof of the classic TV series, while others stated they would have preferred a more serious work.

An icon, Tim Burton has ignited the darker recesses of audiences’ imaginations with an aesthetic so his own, the likes of MoMA have recently dedicated exhibitions to his work. With FRANKENWEENIE, Burton revisits both his own childhood and his early days in the industry, updating a 1984 live action short with a stop-motion feature that filters his youth through a love of the macabre.

Over 40 years since its disastrous U.S. release and once feared lost, WAKE IN FRIGHT, one of the seminal films in Australian film history, is now getting a long-overdue rerelease in America courtesy of Drafthouse Films. This resurrection also shines a new light on its veteran director, Ted Kotcheff (pictured).

Steve Niles is the end result of a lifelong love of comics. From running his own company in his early twenties to writing some of the most successful horror titles in the industry, he’s come a long way from his days of a starving writer. With such popular series as 30 DAYS OF NIGHT and CRIMINAL MACABRE under his belt, Niles is always looking to push the boundaries and limits of both the genre and medium. He’s worked with horror greats such as Clive Barker and Harlan Ellison, adapting their work into, and has shared his own with DC, Image, Dark Horse, and others. With a sharp eye for the horrid and the horrifying, he has kept us at the edge of our seats for years and promises to do even more.